DMin Program of Study

Course Requirements

Each doctoral course consists of three parts:

About three months prior to each class period, the student is provided with information on forthcoming classes, including a list of required reading and written work for each course. All precourse assignments are to be completed before the class sessions begin. The professor will ask for an accounting of the completion of the assignments, and failure to complete them prior to the first class session may result in a grade reduction for the course.
The second part of each course is the class week of interaction with the professor and other students. Twenty-eight hours of class time are involved, usually running from Monday through Thursday. Generally, out-of-class assignments during this week will be few.
The third part of the course requirements is a project based on the reading and class work to be completed after the class sessions. The project will require the student to integrate the course content with his or her own ministry. The integration factor in ministry is viewed as the most crucial phase of the student’s course work.

Major Project

The culmination of the DMin program is a major project. This major project is intended to help students think theologically about ministry by requiring them to apply new concepts and methods to their ministries. The proposal for the project must be formally approved by the Human Rights in Research Committee, two faculty readers, and the Program Director. One faculty reader will be designated as mentor/first reader to the student for the duration of the project. The major project must be on a topic appropriate to the student’s concentration.

Curriculum

In addition to the online program orientation module (MN 9500), each student is required to complete 36 semester hours of work as follows:

Core Courses 12 hours

      MN 9550 Revitalizing Ministry (PM, LM, PC, PR) -or-
      MN 9555 Prolegomena for Missions and Evangelism (ME)                                                3 hours
      (must be taken as one of first three courses)

Systematic Theology, New Testament, and Old Testament Integrative Courses (BT) 6 hours

MN 9990 Ministry and Missions Research 3 hours

Concentration 12 hours

Four courses in one area of concentration: Preaching, Leadership and Ministry Management, Pastoral Care, or Missions and Evangelism. Those in the general Pastoral Ministries category may select any combination of courses from the PR, LM, or PC areas.

Electives 6 hours

Major Project 6 hours

MN 9991 Doctoral Project Research (twice at 3 hrs each) 6 hours

TOTAL 36 hours

Updated to 2008-09 Catalog

“Trinity's Doctor of Ministry program is academically excellent, biblically authentic, and culturally relevant.”

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